Lin-Manuel Miranda and more pay tribute to Nick Cordero after his death from COVID-19 complications

Nick Cordero passed away on Sunday morning after spending a total of 95 days in hospital battling complications caused by COVID-19.

And celebrities, such as Lin-Manuel Miranda, have taken to social media to honor the 41-year-old Broadway star and to send condolences to his wife Amanda Kloots, 38, and their son Elvis, one.

‘Devastating. What a loss, what a light. Whole heart with Amanda and his family tonight,’ wrote Miranda, who shared the news with his vast Twitter following. 

Actress Viola Davis penned a touching tribute to Cordero and remarked on the actor’s unimaginable battle on her Twitter page, as well.

‘RIP Nick Cordero! My condolences to you Amanda who fought and loved so hard….so sorry for his little one. 

‘My heart is with you. May flights of angels,’ concluded the 54-year-old The Help star. 

Alec Baldwin uploaded a video to his Instagram page, where he reacted to the news.

‘I just found out about Nick Cordero and I just wanted to send out my deepest sympathies, thoughts and so forth to his wife and his family and his kid. What a shame,’ he began.

Alec expressed grief over the fact that Nick was just 41-years-old at the time of his passing.

’41-years-old, my God. When I was 41-years-old, I had a little kid, my daughter Ireland, she was three then,’ he recalled.

‘Very sad for his wife, Amanda, for their family, and friends, and so forth. Just terrible.’

‘Rest In Peace Nick Cordero,’ wrote Baldwin in his post’s caption. 

Cordero’s dear friend and actor Zach Braff posted a heartbreaking tribute on Instagram that revealed that Cordero had asked him prior to his death ‘to look out for his wife and one year old son.’ 

‘Nick Cordero passed at 11:40am today with his wife and mother by his side. I have honestly never known a kinder person. But Covid doesn’t care about the purity of your soul, or the goodness in your heart,’ began the 45-year-old Scrubs star in his post.

‘The last thing he ever texted me was to look out for his wife and one year old son, Elvis. I promise the world they will never want for anything.

‘I feel so incredibly grateful I got to have Nick Cordero enter my life Rest In Peace. Rest in Power,’ he concluded, while also sharing a portrait of Nick and Amanda.

Braff took to his Instagram Story as well to flood his followers with some of his favorite images of Nick. 

Braff’s girlfriend Florence Pugh, 24, uploaded a video of Nick she had taken during a performance in April of last year.

‘This was him April ‘19! In his element. On stage whilst commanding the entire audience so intensely, you could have heard a pin drop. The ONLY person who can ease so effortlessly from ‘What A Wonderful World’ to Coldplay’s ‘Politik’, all the while singing directly across the room to Amanda,’ wrote Pugh.

‘[Amanda] knew all the words and started head banging the moment she heard Coldplay. Every night. For three nights. 7 months pregnant!!! It is so shocking and devastating to see one of your own come down as hard as he did. 

‘Over the last few months I’ve wanted to ask myself every day- what can I do to help? But, instead I’ll ask all of you. What can WE do to help? We still can. Help the world by continuing to take this virus seriously. Wear your mask, respect others’ space, clean your hands and please be safe,’ urged the Midsommar star.

‘This is far from over. Nick, we love you to infinity and beyond. Rest In Peace you beautiful, beautiful man.’

Modern Family alum Jesse Tyler Ferguson wrote about the ‘incredibly sad news’ that is Cordero’s passing, while urging the public to ‘do what we need to do as a country to fight this virus together.’ 

‘[COVID-19] doesn’t care how healthy you are. It doesn’t care if you want to go to Fire Island. It doesn’t care if you are tired of wearing a mask. Reign. It. In,’ tweeted Ferguson.  

Sarah Michelle Gellar was at a loss for words upon hearing the news, but found a way to voice her sympathies in a lengthy text post uploaded to her Instagram page. 

‘I’m not even sure what to say right now. Today @nickcordero1 lost his battle with covid. For everyone out there thinking this disease is harmless, it’s not. 

‘Nick leaves behind a beautiful wife @amandakloots and the most precious son, who just celebrated his first birthday without his father,’ wrote Gellar. 

Sarah noted that ‘because of this horrible disease we can’t even hug [Amanda]’ during her time of need, but that she wanted Amanda to know ‘there is an army of people here, ready to support you in ANY and EVERY way possible.’

‘I wish you understood the inspiration that you have been to so many, and I hope that brings you even the smallest bit of comfort through all this. But none of this is fair.’

The Buffy actress concluded her compassionate post with the quote: ‘Death leaves a heartache no one can heal. Love leaves a memory no one can steal.’ 

In her most recent Instagram post, Total Bellas star Nikki Bella added that she was sending ‘so many prayers to @amandakloots her baby and family.’

‘RIP @nickcordero1 Heaven gained another amazing angel,’ she wrote.

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend star Rachel Bloom deemed the news of Nick’s passing as ‘terrible’ and voiced her frustration with the virus, as a whole. 

‘Rest in Power Nick Cordero. Such sad news. U fought so hard and are so loved. Prayers to your family and friends,’ wrote acclaimed songwriter Diane Warren on Twitter. 

Bernadette Peters was clearly shaken up over Nick’s death, writing: ‘RIP Nick Cordero [HEART EMOJI] Sending love to Amanda and Elvis.’

Holly Robinson Peete wrote that the loss of Nick is ‘crushing’ and admitted that she has been following his battle ‘since the beginning (13 weeks)’ via Amanda’s Instagram Story posts.  

‘Watching Amanda rally so hard with positivity, music and love always with a smile on her face. This is just crushing,’ tweeted the actress. 

Ariana Grande’s brother Frankie was friends with Cordero and uploaded a black-and-white photo of himself and the star to his Instagram. 

‘my heart is broken over the loss of my friend Nick Cordero. as soon as I met him I knew God placed him in my life for a reason… He showed me such love, leadership through kindness, strength during difficult times, a true appreciation of life no matter what was happening around him… he made me smile and laugh when I was down and was magical to share the stage with,’ began Grande in his caption.

‘Onstage, backstage, offstage Nick Cordero was one of the finest people I have ever had the chance to meet, work with or just call a friend. He was taken too soon. He deserved more time to be here with his family and more time to continue to share the gift of his life with the world. But I know he will live on in me, for I remain forever changed for having known him.

Frankie noted that Nick will continue to ‘live on in his beautiful wife Amanda and his beautiful son Elvis,’ as well as in ‘the smiles of every audience member he ever touched with his brilliant voice and catching charm.’

‘He will live on through his MUSIC. When he sang “Just be yourself, you might get slapped like it’s a crime Don’t you bat an eye Live your life” I listened. 

‘I watched you do it Nick in your own life and I vow to you my friend to continue to do it in my life in your name. I love you Nick. And am truly blessed to have known you. “See you on the flippily-dippily,”‘ concluded Frankie. 

Actor Donald Webber Jr. began his tribute by labeling the Bullets Over Broadway star as ‘one of us’ and that his passing is something that is ‘really hard to understand.’ 

‘Fly, my good man. Sending love to Amanda and Elvis with all that I’ve got today,’ he concluded.

Cordero’s wife Amanda confirmed his tragic passing on Instagram on Sunday evening.

And almost immediately after posting, the 38-year-old fitness instructor’s comment section was flooded with love and support. 

‘Sending you so much strength and love,’ wrote actress Dakota Fanning.

Maria Shriver reminded Amanda that she ‘too is an angel’ and that the public is mourning with her and ‘holding’ her in their ‘collective arms.’  

Kyle Richards wrote that although she does not ‘know’ Amanda, she has been ‘praying for [her] and [her] family since [she] first heard’ of Nick’s condition.

‘Thinking of you and keeping you in my thoughts and prayers,’ commented the 51-year-old Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills star.

‘Sending ALL OF MY LOVE to you and Elvis. Rest in love Nick,’ wrote actress Olivia Munn.